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No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition. Or Satan.
My laptop just kernel panicked itself to death. Which is a really great way to start your day, let me tell you. This is a lesson to us all. Never become complacent. To reinforce this lesson for the rest of you I am going to leave this here:
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Don’t Do It. For the Love of God. Save Yourselves.*
May 14, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
So last week I asked a couple of people to read a third person version of the first chapter of Wizards, to see how they felt about it. And received from one the most conflicted response I’ve ever had, and from the other a voice of passionate loathing for the new version. Apparently the first […]
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I Only Have THIS Much Attention to Offer You. Delight Me.
May 11, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
So there’s this thing I do when I watch TV where I find myself picking up my laptop, without even thinking about it, and doing research. It’s a habit I developed during my thesis, I think. I didn’t have time to do anything, so when I did take a break I’d find myself compulsively using […]
Wojtek the Soldier Bear
May 10, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
I am extremely sleep deprived, so today I’m just going to introduce you to Wojtek the Soldier Bear. I put this under one of my favourite headings: Bears Are Cool. If I had a bear of my own I would… probably still desperately need a nap. But I think the bear would understand.
Three Quarters of a Page Inconveniently Too Long
May 9, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
I am disappointed to discover that the first chapter of Path is three quarters of a page inconveniently too long. Too long for what, you say? Such a good question. Too long for the extremely precise requirements laid out by this conference I’m going to. Do they ask for a specific word count? Oh no. […]
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Being the Voice in Someone Else’s Head
May 8, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
So, I think I definitely could switch Wizards to third person. Because I had an idea about how to do it and I think it could be good… The plan, weirdly, has a lot to do with swearing. Or at least, where the swearing occurs.* That sounds odd but… okay, look at it this way. […]
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The Writing Process in Pictures
May 7, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
Caris sent me this link on Friday and I snickered. Possibly more than was entirely reasonable, but I was a bit sleep deprived. Was. Am. Anyway. I think that my writing process is slightly more stream-lined though. It’s more like this: Then the cycle repeats. In the time I spent writing this post my brain helpfully pointed out […]
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Why Must We Let Logic Rule Us, Anyway?
May 4, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
I just had this awesome dream, which would make a great story — except for the fact that it’s based on this kind of science that… isn’t. That and there were these major plot points that just don’t make sense to a waking mind. I woke up and got as far as, That was really… […]
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Not Every Hero Can Introduce Himself: Hello, My Name is Inigo Montoya…*
May 3, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
I spent half an hour yesterday figuring out how to do something devious with one of my character’s names that is largely pointless, and will, in all likelihood, amuse only me. But it will amuse me continually whenever I’m working on this book. So I consider it time well spent. I spent ages figuring out […]
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer
May 2, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
A truly shocking number of people have indicated to me that they haven’t heard of, let alone seen, these one-shot accompaniments to the Avengers series. Being the magnanimous individual that I am, I thought I’d do something to rectify that. The first one, as the title suggests, is set during Thor. And it’s awesome (which the title does […]
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Paul McLaughlan
platform thing 
May 15, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
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